Deduce Heavenly Secrets

Night had deepened. Leaden clouds hung low over Ice Sea City, while goose-feather snow drifted down soundlessly, covering the entire city in a cold, pristine white.

Yet within a hidden compartment on the top floor of the Heavenly Secrets Tower, it was warm as spring, as though it belonged to a world entirely apart from the bitter cold outside.

This was a secret chamber sealed behind layer upon layer of locks. Its four walls were built from black jade rock, an ore capable of isolating fluctuations of the divine soul. Every brick was engraved with incomparably intricate array patterns, which interlinked to form a massive Defense Spirit Array.

At the heart of the array, seven fist-sized Night-Shining Pearls were set into the ceiling, casting down a gentle yet chilly radiance that illuminated every last detail of the chamber. The floor was paved with ten-thousand-year Cold Jade; its chill was contained without dispersing, and one could step upon it without making a sound. Here, let alone a fly, even the faintest thread of divine-sense probing would be instantly shredded by that eighth-grade high-level spirit array and reduced to nothingness.

Tianji Zi stood in the middle of the chamber with his hands behind his back, his moon-white robe embroidered with stars flowing with a faint silver sheen beneath the dim light. His features remained as warm and refined as jade, yet a rare heat and urgency stirred in those deep eyes of his.

He slowly took out the dark green jade box.

The instant the lid was lifted, dark gold radiance spilled forth once more. The Mandala Divine Flower languidly unfurled its black-gold petals, while the dark gold vertical eye at its center slowly opened. Deep within that pupil, a river of stars seemed to turn, carrying an innate arrogance and weariness.